* Nathan Sidwell: > Pete James wrote: > >> So my questions are: >> How can I force GCC to create code that works on the whole 16bit word? >> Or is there another way of doing it? > > If it is important that you have exact control over the memory > accesses, don't do the union of bitfields overlay trick. Use > explicit and/or masking. Ahem, you (or Pete) should use explicit assembler instructions if you want to make sure that you end up with certain instructions. Future compiler versions might optimize the explicit masking as well. (Even the volatile keyword would not prevent this.)
